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Chapter 9 - English in the German-Speaking World: Immigration and Integration

from III - Domains and Features of English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2019

By
Janet M. Fuller
Edited by
Raymond Hickey
Raymond Hickey
Affiliation:
Universität Duisburg–Essen
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Summary

Germany, and especially its capital city, Berlin, is a multilingual space, with many languages visible and audible in everyday life. Much of this multilingualism comes from immigration into Germany. The Federal Statistical Office puts the population of Germany at 82.2 million in 2015, with 17.1 million residents categorized as being of ‘migrant background’ (Statistisches Bundesamt ‘Federal Office of Statistics’ 2017). While this category is heterogeneous in terms of the languages spoken – many are, of course, German speakers – it is safe to say that many of the 9.1 million classified as ‘foreigners’ (i.e., not German citizens) speak other languages in addition to German, and these languages are in some cases passed down to the next generation. In the linguistic landscape, these languages – for example Turkish, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Mandarin and Korean – are present in both speech and writing, and are often commodified for use in advertising.

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English in the German-Speaking World , pp. 165 - 184
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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